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Foot & Mouth Disease - Contingency Planning
Foot & Mouth Disease - Contingency Planning
18th March 2025
10am - 12.10pm
Delivered by Steph Young
Virtual Course via Microsoft Teams
IF POSSIBLE PLEASE INCLUDE A PO AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER, ENTER 'PO TO FOLLOW' IN THE PURCHASE ORDER BOX AND SEND IT TO centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS BY CARD
Trainer Bio
Steph is an experienced Team Leader enforcing animal health legislation with Staffordshire County Council and has a wealth of experience on taking animals into possession using the powers available in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Steph is also the Lead Officer for CTSI on Animal Health and Welfare and Lead Officer for Animal Welfare on the National Animal Health and Welfare Panel.
Course Programme
This course is targeted towards all officers who may have involvement in a notifiable disease outbreak of foot & mouth. The course will include considerations for emergency preparedness and for management and control should there be disease declared.
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Welcome, House Keeping and Introduction
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10:05 – 11:50 |
Session 1: An overview of notifiable animal health disease outbreaks and the impact it has on local communities and industry, local authorities and the wider economic impacts.
An outline of the principles for controlling notifiable disease. An explanation of the law and the controls used to prevent further spread of disease, its containment and eradication. The importance of movement controls. And the significance of contingency planning.
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10:50 – 11:05 |
Q & A |
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11:05 – 11:15 |
Comfort Break
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Session 2: Managing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and all relevant considerations for emergency preparedness.
The functions of the local authority inspector, what to expect if disease is declared and how to ensure swift containment.
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12:00- 12:15 |
Q & A
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12:15 |
Course Close
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The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and presentation will be circulated 2 - 3 days before the course, ready for the training. Booking window closes 2 days before the course.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; your password will be reset and a confirmation email will be sent
2) You have sent multiple account requests. If this is the case, one of the requests will be approved and all others will be rejected.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 18/03/2025
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £45.00
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £45.00
Venue: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Animal By Products and the Use of Former Foods as Feed
Animal By Products and the Use of Former Foods as Feed
Delivered by Steph Young
10.00 - 12.10
27th March 2025
Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams
IF POSSIBLE PLEASE INCLUDE A PO AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER, ENTER 'PO TO FOLLOW' IN THE PURCHASE ORDER BOX AND SEND IT TO centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS BY CARD
Trainer Bio
Steph is an experienced Team Leader in Trading Standards enforcing animal health legislation with Staffordshire County Council and has a wealth of experience on animal health and welfare in both private and public sector. Steph is the Lead Officer for CTSI on Animal Health and Welfare and Lead Officer for Disease on the National Animal Health and Welfare Panel.
Course Programme
Awaiting Course Programme
The booking window closes 2 days prior to the course.
The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and available presentations will be circulated 24 hours before the course, ready for the training session.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you
don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; I will reset your password and drop you an email
2) You've sent multiple account requests, but there will be one approval email in there.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 27/03/2025
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £45
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £45
Venue: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Holiday and Travel Law Latest and an Update on Changes to the PTR's 2018 (Updated Feb 2025)
Holiday and Travel Law Latest and an Update on Changes to the PTR's 2018
Delivered by Bruce Treloar
10.00 - 12.10
14th October 2024
Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams
IF POSSIBLE PLEASE INCLUDE A PO AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER, ENTER 'PO TO FOLLOW' IN THE PURCHASE ORDER BOX AND SEND IT TO centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS BY CARD
Trainer Bio
Bruce is Holiday and Travel Law Lead Officer for CTSI and is regularly involved in delivering training and offering guidance to trading standards colleagues and the holiday industry. Bruce has been heavily involved with developments in the holiday industry, liaising with the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Transport, the Civil Aviation Authority and ABTA regarding potential law changes.
Course Programme
The course will provide detail regarding the laws relating to holidays and travel, specifically current problems with the 2018 PTRs. This will include the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT’s), 2018 PTR’s consultation, which closed in December 2023.
The session will highlight how DBT, whilst seeking views on the law to ensure the Regulations strike the right balance between consumer protections and business freedoms, suggests possible changes which will affect all consumers, business, and enforcement but not all in a positive way. The training will highlight the latest DBT ideas, and will include practical ideas for enforcement, including how the DMCC Bill could provide positive help.Programme
- Challenges with the laws relating to holidays and travel and the important elements you need to consider.
- Background on the PTRs, and will it cover all sizes of Tour Operators, accommodation providers and guided tour operations?
- There are exemptions for some holidays and travel in the law, which I'll highlight and some "travel services" which need explaining.
- Linked Travel Arrangements and how they differ from package holidays.
- Highlight the DBTs unusual ideas in their consultation and what it means for business.
- Insolvency Protection is a major element of the PTRs and some changes have been made which I'll explain.
- Online Travel Agents (OTAs) booking holidays via an app, as well as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter liability.
- Clarify Package holiday offences in the Regulations and provide examples of Trading Standards action we've taken.
- There will be clarification of the current situation regarding
The booking window closes 2 days prior to the course.
The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and available presentations will be circulated 24 hours before the course, ready for the training session.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you
don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; I will reset your password and drop you an email
2) You've sent multiple account requests, but there will be one approval email in there.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 03/06/2025
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £45
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £45
Venue: Virtual via Microsoft Teams